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- Headstone lists birthyear as 1847.
1870 Census: WI: Waupaca: Mukwa: p. 107a:
Ferbush, William, 24, laborer, born in ME (living in a hotel).
1885 Enumeration of Soldiers and Sailors of the Late War
Residing in the Town of Mukwa, County of Waupaca, Wisconsin:
Wm Furbish, Unknown, Maine, now lives in Northport
1880 Census: WI: Waupaca: Mukwa, p. 3 of 22: Village of Northport, ED#174:
Furbish, William, age 32, laborer, born in ME, father and mother born in ME;
Electa, age 28, wife, keeping house, born in NY, father and mother born in NY;
Frank H., age 3, son, born in WI, father born in ME, mother born in NY;
Charlotte, age 1, daughter, born in WI, father born in ME, mother born in NY;
William, age 1/12, Apr., son, born in WI, father born in ME, mother born in NY.
1891 Newspaper article: The Oshkosh Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 30 Sep 1891, Wed:
"THE DRIVE HUNG UP
Three Million Feet of logs on the Little Wolf Held Back by Low Water.
William Furbush, the walking boss of the Little Wolf drive, was in the city this morning and announced that the remainder of the Little Wolf drive had been hung up on account of low water. This holds back about 3,000,000 feet of logs which cannot be rafted until spring. The logs are the property of Campbell & Cameron, and the Conlee Lumber Company of this city, and Moore & Galloway of Fond du Lac. The logs hung up amount to about one-fourth of the entire drive. The mills depending on these logs wil probably be abliged to cease operations earlier this year on account of the drive being hung up."
1900 Census: p. 10 of 20: WI: Waupaca: Other Townships: Mukwa, Northport Precinct: ED#134:
Furbish, William, head, born Aug. 1848, age 51, married for 16 years, born in ME, father and mother born in ME, farmer;
Electa, wife, born Dec 1851, age 48, married for 26 years, had five children all living, born in NY, father and mother born in NY;
Frank, their son, born Sept. 1876, born in WI, father born in ME, mother born in NY, riverman;
Birt, their son, born Apr 1874, born in WI, father born in ME, mother born in NY, farm laborer;
Clair, their son, born Mar 1886, born in WI, father born in ME, mother born in NY;
Isla, their daughter, born April 1887, born in WI, father born in ME, mother born in NY.
1910 Census: p. 10 of 24: WI: Waupaca: Other Townships: Mukwa, ED#86:
Furbish, William H., head, age 63, married for 36 years, born in ME, father and mother born in ME, farmer, general farm;
Electa, his wife, age 58, married for 36 years, had five children all living, born in NY, father and mother born in NY;
Clare E., their son, age 24, single, born in WI, father born in ME, mother born in NY, apprentice, real estate office.
Edmonds, Elrena, sister-in-law, 81, wd., has had 4 children, 3 still living, born in NY, father and mother born in NY.
1920 Census: WA: Cowlitz: Kelso: ED#44:
Furbish, William, head, age 72, born in ME, father and mother born in ME;
Electa, his wife, age 68, born in NY, father and mother born in NY;
Jakeway, Charles, son-in-law, age 36, born in WI, father and mother born in WI, RRStation agent;
Isla, their daughter, age 32, born in WI, father born in ME, mother born in NY, clerk, dry goods store;
Marion, their granddaughter, age 12, born in MI, father and mother born in WI.
From: "Standard History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin" Edited by John M. Ware 1917.
“WILLIAM FURBISH. A companion of the wilderness of Waupaca County and a sharer in the prosperity unfolded by the zeal and understanding of its tireless workers, William Furbish is now residing on his well cultivated farm in Mukwa Township. More than a half a century has rolled by since he migrated to this county from his home in New England, and for thirty-five years his sturdy labor was devoted to the lumber woods, in which he became one of the best known managers in this section of the timber country. He has resided on his present farm since 1886, and since forsaking the woods has carried on general farming and dairying.
William Furbish was born on a farm in Freeman Township, Franklin County, Maine, August 28, 1847, being a son of Abraham and Nancy (Petersen), Furbish. His father, who was born near the City of Bath, Maine, was a lifelong farmer of Franklin Countty, a man of quiet industry who gave his whole attention to the tilling of the soil. His death occurred in 1901. His first wife, who was a native of Maine, was the mother of seven children: Abraham and Charles, twins; Anna, Viola, William, Warren and Frank. Mr. Furbish was again married, his second wife being a Mrs. Kelly, and they had two children.
Seated on a bench in a log schoolhouse in Franklin County, Maine, William Furbish acquired the rudiments of an education and mastered the mysteries of the "three R's." In the years that have followed he has added to his knowledge through reading, observation and coming into contact with men, so that today he possesses a good education and is accounted a well informed man generally. As a lad he worked with his father on the home farm, where the hard work gave him a splendid physique, and when he was only eighteen years old he signified his self-reliance by leaving the parental roof and striking out for himself, his choice of locations being the lumber woods of Waupaca County. Arriving here in the fall of 1865, he took up his residence at Northport and soon found employment with one of the numerous lumber camps. His employers found him strong, willing and faithful, and as he acquired a reputation along these lines he was advanced to better positions, until he was finally made general manager for the great Conley Lumber Company of Oshkosh, and at one time had the management of four camps, with as many as from 150 to 200 men under his control. Mr. Furbish remained with the Conley Lumber Company for nearly twenty-two years, but in 1886 returned to the occupation of his youth, farming, securing a tract of sixty acres of good and productive land in section 4, Mukwa Township, where he has continued to be engaged successfully in general farming and dairying. From the time when he assisted in the building of the Lower Post Lake Dam, and put the first logs through, he has witnessed a great development in the county, and has shared largely in the work that made this development possible. He has done his share, also, of public service, having been for two years a member of the county board as chairman of his township and acted four or five years in the capacity of supervisor. His political tendencies make him a democrat, and his fraternal connection is with the Masons.
Mr. Furbish married Miss Electa Edmonds, a daughter of James Edmonds, and they have five children, namely: Frank, Charlotta, Burt, Clair and Isla.”
From The Post-Crescent (Appleton, Wisconsin) 09 Jul 1927, Sat. Pg. 13:
“FORMER CITY RESIDENT DIES ON PACIFIC COAST
New London—Friends in this city have been notified of the recent death of William H. Furbish, 80, which occurred at his home at Kelso, Wash. Burial took place at Kelso. Mr. Furbish was born at Rockland, Me., in April, 1847. In 1875 he was married to Miss Ellen Edmonds in this state. He is survivied by his wife, three sons, Bertram, Frank and Clarence and two daughters, Mrs. Ida Meacham and Mrs. Charlotte Benton.
The William Furbish family formerly resided in this city having left here ten years ago when they moved to Kelso to make their home.”
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Connected Bloodlines
1848 - 1927 (78 years)
